Three Shop Days

 So I went into the shop on Monday morning and put the legs on the plant stand. Not that news worthy. I also took time out to organise my working bits of sand paper.  For a year or so all the half sheets and little bits of sand paper have been thrown into a plastic tub by my bench. Finally I got a proper box with a lid, open storage in a wood working shop is always filled with stray dust, so the closed box is better.  I also added a hacksaw blade to the top as an aid to ripping sheets of sand paper to size.

  Tuesday, I spent time playing with my new cordless drill.  I decided on a:

Drill kit

 F.Y.I.

  I bought the kit with my own money, without support or consideration from either Dewalt or Thetoolstore. So, my opinions are my own.

  Why did I buy the DeWalt 20 volt? For fifteen years I have used Hitachi 14.4 Volt perfectly happily. The drills are still good, replacement batteries are both rare and expensive, so, not cost effective.

  For a few years I have used a Triton 12 volt drill and impact driver combination. Twelve volt is not quite powerful enough and I just don't like using an impact driver. So it was time for a new cordless drill. 

  I do not work my tools hard any longer so I do not need the most robust tools on the market.  My back will give out long before this drill will get hot when I work now.  I like that the tool sits on a large flat battery.  I like having the drill easily at hand, standing on the bench top while I work, takes up less space than the 12 volt is small but has to lay down.  I like the extra power available with the 20 volt, 18 volt probably would have been enough but I wanted to buy the newest generation of tool as I plan to use it for many years.(this deal had three batteries included).

 DeWalt is everywhere so I can run out and buy a replacement battery or charger nearly anywhere if the need arises. And lastly the 20 Volt system has a tonne of compatible tools available, I plan to acquire a compressor soon.

  There are many good tool companies, making fine tools but this new cordless drill appears to suit my needs.

  Wednesday-

 Using the new drill, I put our summer planter/gardening table in the garage.

Also I have a 35 year old Honda snow blower, that runs just fine, but was showing its age. Today the new drill wire brushed three and a half decades of rust off my snow blower so it could be repainted.  If I ever need to buy a snow blower, or if anyone ever asked which one to buy, Honda. They are fairly costly but....a person may only ever need one. The drill did a really good job spinning the wire brush and the key-less chuck held the brush very firmly.  Come to think about it a 20 volt cordless shop vac might be a good tool to add too.

 Needed to put the snow blower away and clean up the garage because yesterday I got my Maxi-scooter out of storage. Spring has officially sprung in my mind.

My model, not me riding.

cheers ianw